Category Archives: Le Mans 2014

Yellow hat has many uses

Le Route – A28 at Ecommoy to north of Alencon then onto RN all the way to Rouen. A150/A151 to Totes. Back roads across to Saint Saens to avoid Peage queue then onto A28/A16 to Calais.

Comfort break somewhere on the Route National north of Gace

We were all booked on the 17:15 Ferry except that for some unknown reason Peter had booked us on the 16:30 but we didn’t know that until we arrived at Calais at about 16:20. They put us onto the 17:15. Mike & Derek who were booked on the 17:15 got the 17:55 as they had a Priority Booking but Russell & Finn and Stefan & Mark were put on the one after that. Best laid plans and all that …

Support Race

After watching the Support Race we ambled down to the Resturant that overlooks the Start/Finish line to find that we had been upgraded to a table right at the front where we could watch the build up to the race without moving from our table. The food was a significant upgrade on 2013 (but the same price)!

Morning preparations

Route to Chinon

Coffee (Beer) stop on the banks of the Loire where the sweepstake was drawn

Lunch at Chinon

Return via Hotel de France, La Chartre-sur-le-Loir to Le Lude for Pizza that no one wanted!

Petrol Stop 1

Somewhere a bit south of Rouen on the old Route National

Last stop – Alencon Services